anyhow/lib.rs
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2//!
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6//!
7//! <br>
8//!
9//! This library provides [`anyhow::Error`][Error], a trait object based error
10//! type for easy idiomatic error handling in Rust applications.
11//!
12//! <br>
13//!
14//! # Details
15//!
16//! - Use `Result<T, anyhow::Error>`, or equivalently `anyhow::Result<T>`, as
17//! the return type of any fallible function.
18//!
19//! Within the function, use `?` to easily propagate any error that implements
20//! the [`std::error::Error`] trait.
21//!
22//! ```
23//! # pub trait Deserialize {}
24//! #
25//! # mod serde_json {
26//! # use super::Deserialize;
27//! # use std::io;
28//! #
29//! # pub fn from_str<T: Deserialize>(json: &str) -> io::Result<T> {
30//! # unimplemented!()
31//! # }
32//! # }
33//! #
34//! # struct ClusterMap;
35//! #
36//! # impl Deserialize for ClusterMap {}
37//! #
38//! use anyhow::Result;
39//!
40//! fn get_cluster_info() -> Result<ClusterMap> {
41//! let config = std::fs::read_to_string("cluster.json")?;
42//! let map: ClusterMap = serde_json::from_str(&config)?;
43//! Ok(map)
44//! }
45//! #
46//! # fn main() {}
47//! ```
48//!
49//! - Attach context to help the person troubleshooting the error understand
50//! where things went wrong. A low-level error like "No such file or
51//! directory" can be annoying to debug without more context about what higher
52//! level step the application was in the middle of.
53//!
54//! ```
55//! # struct It;
56//! #
57//! # impl It {
58//! # fn detach(&self) -> Result<()> {
59//! # unimplemented!()
60//! # }
61//! # }
62//! #
63//! use anyhow::{Context, Result};
64//!
65//! fn main() -> Result<()> {
66//! # return Ok(());
67//! #
68//! # const _: &str = stringify! {
69//! ...
70//! # };
71//! #
72//! # let it = It;
73//! # let path = "./path/to/instrs.json";
74//! #
75//! it.detach().context("Failed to detach the important thing")?;
76//!
77//! let content = std::fs::read(path)
78//! .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read instrs from {}", path))?;
79//! #
80//! # const _: &str = stringify! {
81//! ...
82//! # };
83//! #
84//! # Ok(())
85//! }
86//! ```
87//!
88//! ```console
89//! Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
90//!
91//! Caused by:
92//! No such file or directory (os error 2)
93//! ```
94//!
95//! - Downcasting is supported and can be by value, by shared reference, or by
96//! mutable reference as needed.
97//!
98//! ```
99//! # use anyhow::anyhow;
100//! # use std::fmt::{self, Display};
101//! # use std::task::Poll;
102//! #
103//! # #[derive(Debug)]
104//! # enum DataStoreError {
105//! # Censored(()),
106//! # }
107//! #
108//! # impl Display for DataStoreError {
109//! # fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
110//! # unimplemented!()
111//! # }
112//! # }
113//! #
114//! # impl std::error::Error for DataStoreError {}
115//! #
116//! # const REDACTED_CONTENT: () = ();
117//! #
118//! # let error = anyhow!("...");
119//! # let root_cause = &error;
120//! #
121//! # let ret =
122//! // If the error was caused by redaction, then return a
123//! // tombstone instead of the content.
124//! match root_cause.downcast_ref::<DataStoreError>() {
125//! Some(DataStoreError::Censored(_)) => Ok(Poll::Ready(REDACTED_CONTENT)),
126//! None => Err(error),
127//! }
128//! # ;
129//! ```
130//!
131//! - If using Rust ≥ 1.65, a backtrace is captured and printed with the
132//! error if the underlying error type does not already provide its own. In
133//! order to see backtraces, they must be enabled through the environment
134//! variables described in [`std::backtrace`]:
135//!
136//! - If you want panics and errors to both have backtraces, set
137//! `RUST_BACKTRACE=1`;
138//! - If you want only errors to have backtraces, set `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=1`;
139//! - If you want only panics to have backtraces, set `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` and
140//! `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=0`.
141//!
142//! [`std::backtrace`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/backtrace/index.html#environment-variables
143//!
144//! - Anyhow works with any error type that has an impl of `std::error::Error`,
145//! including ones defined in your crate. We do not bundle a `derive(Error)`
146//! macro but you can write the impls yourself or use a standalone macro like
147//! [thiserror].
148//!
149//! [thiserror]: https://github.com/dtolnay/thiserror
150//!
151//! ```
152//! use thiserror::Error;
153//!
154//! #[derive(Error, Debug)]
155//! pub enum FormatError {
156//! #[error("Invalid header (expected {expected:?}, got {found:?})")]
157//! InvalidHeader {
158//! expected: String,
159//! found: String,
160//! },
161//! #[error("Missing attribute: {0}")]
162//! MissingAttribute(String),
163//! }
164//! ```
165//!
166//! - One-off error messages can be constructed using the `anyhow!` macro, which
167//! supports string interpolation and produces an `anyhow::Error`.
168//!
169//! ```
170//! # use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
171//! #
172//! # fn demo() -> Result<()> {
173//! # let missing = "...";
174//! return Err(anyhow!("Missing attribute: {}", missing));
175//! # Ok(())
176//! # }
177//! ```
178//!
179//! A `bail!` macro is provided as a shorthand for the same early return.
180//!
181//! ```
182//! # use anyhow::{bail, Result};
183//! #
184//! # fn demo() -> Result<()> {
185//! # let missing = "...";
186//! bail!("Missing attribute: {}", missing);
187//! # Ok(())
188//! # }
189//! ```
190//!
191//! <br>
192//!
193//! # No-std support
194//!
195//! In no_std mode, almost all of the same API is available and works the same
196//! way. To depend on Anyhow in no_std mode, disable our default enabled "std"
197//! feature in Cargo.toml. A global allocator is required.
198//!
199//! ```toml
200//! [dependencies]
201//! anyhow = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
202//! ```
203//!
204//! With versions of Rust older than 1.81, no_std mode may require an additional
205//! `.map_err(Error::msg)` when working with a non-Anyhow error type inside a
206//! function that returns Anyhow's error type, as the trait that `?`-based error
207//! conversions are defined by is only available in std in those old versions.
208
209#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/anyhow/1.0.89")]
210#![cfg_attr(error_generic_member_access, feature(error_generic_member_access))]
211#![no_std]
212#![deny(dead_code, unused_imports, unused_mut)]
213#![cfg_attr(
214 not(anyhow_no_unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn_lint),
215 deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)
216)]
217#![cfg_attr(anyhow_no_unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn_lint, allow(unused_unsafe))]
218#![allow(
219 clippy::doc_markdown,
220 clippy::enum_glob_use,
221 clippy::explicit_auto_deref,
222 clippy::extra_unused_type_parameters,
223 clippy::incompatible_msrv,
224 clippy::let_underscore_untyped,
225 clippy::missing_errors_doc,
226 clippy::missing_panics_doc,
227 clippy::module_name_repetitions,
228 clippy::must_use_candidate,
229 clippy::needless_doctest_main,
230 clippy::new_ret_no_self,
231 clippy::redundant_else,
232 clippy::return_self_not_must_use,
233 clippy::struct_field_names,
234 clippy::unused_self,
235 clippy::used_underscore_binding,
236 clippy::wildcard_imports,
237 clippy::wrong_self_convention
238)]
239
240#[cfg(all(
241 anyhow_nightly_testing,
242 feature = "std",
243 not(error_generic_member_access)
244))]
245compile_error!("Build script probe failed to compile.");
246
247extern crate alloc;
248
249#[cfg(feature = "std")]
250extern crate std;
251
252#[macro_use]
253mod backtrace;
254mod chain;
255mod context;
256mod ensure;
257mod error;
258mod fmt;
259mod kind;
260mod macros;
261mod ptr;
262mod wrapper;
263
264use crate::error::ErrorImpl;
265use crate::ptr::Own;
266use core::fmt::Display;
267
268#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), anyhow_no_core_error))]
269use core::fmt::Debug;
270
271#[cfg(feature = "std")]
272use std::error::Error as StdError;
273
274#[cfg(not(any(feature = "std", anyhow_no_core_error)))]
275use core::error::Error as StdError;
276
277#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), anyhow_no_core_error))]
278trait StdError: Debug + Display {
279 fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
280 None
281 }
282}
283
284#[doc(no_inline)]
285pub use anyhow as format_err;
286
287/// The `Error` type, a wrapper around a dynamic error type.
288///
289/// `Error` works a lot like `Box<dyn std::error::Error>`, but with these
290/// differences:
291///
292/// - `Error` requires that the error is `Send`, `Sync`, and `'static`.
293/// - `Error` guarantees that a backtrace is available, even if the underlying
294/// error type does not provide one.
295/// - `Error` is represented as a narrow pointer — exactly one word in
296/// size instead of two.
297///
298/// <br>
299///
300/// # Display representations
301///
302/// When you print an error object using "{}" or to_string(), only the outermost
303/// underlying error or context is printed, not any of the lower level causes.
304/// This is exactly as if you had called the Display impl of the error from
305/// which you constructed your anyhow::Error.
306///
307/// ```console
308/// Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
309/// ```
310///
311/// To print causes as well using anyhow's default formatting of causes, use the
312/// alternate selector "{:#}".
313///
314/// ```console
315/// Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json: No such file or directory (os error 2)
316/// ```
317///
318/// The Debug format "{:?}" includes your backtrace if one was captured. Note
319/// that this is the representation you get by default if you return an error
320/// from `fn main` instead of printing it explicitly yourself.
321///
322/// ```console
323/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
324///
325/// Caused by:
326/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
327/// ```
328///
329/// and if there is a backtrace available:
330///
331/// ```console
332/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
333///
334/// Caused by:
335/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
336///
337/// Stack backtrace:
338/// 0: <E as anyhow::context::ext::StdError>::ext_context
339/// at /git/anyhow/src/backtrace.rs:26
340/// 1: core::result::Result<T,E>::map_err
341/// at /git/rustc/src/libcore/result.rs:596
342/// 2: anyhow::context::<impl anyhow::Context<T,E> for core::result::Result<T,E>>::with_context
343/// at /git/anyhow/src/context.rs:58
344/// 3: testing::main
345/// at src/main.rs:5
346/// 4: std::rt::lang_start
347/// at /git/rustc/src/libstd/rt.rs:61
348/// 5: main
349/// 6: __libc_start_main
350/// 7: _start
351/// ```
352///
353/// To see a conventional struct-style Debug representation, use "{:#?}".
354///
355/// ```console
356/// Error {
357/// context: "Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json",
358/// source: Os {
359/// code: 2,
360/// kind: NotFound,
361/// message: "No such file or directory",
362/// },
363/// }
364/// ```
365///
366/// If none of the built-in representations are appropriate and you would prefer
367/// to render the error and its cause chain yourself, it can be done something
368/// like this:
369///
370/// ```
371/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
372///
373/// fn main() {
374/// if let Err(err) = try_main() {
375/// eprintln!("ERROR: {}", err);
376/// err.chain().skip(1).for_each(|cause| eprintln!("because: {}", cause));
377/// std::process::exit(1);
378/// }
379/// }
380///
381/// fn try_main() -> Result<()> {
382/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
383/// ...
384/// # };
385/// # Ok(())
386/// }
387/// ```
388#[repr(transparent)]
389pub struct Error {
390 inner: Own<ErrorImpl>,
391}
392
393/// Iterator of a chain of source errors.
394///
395/// This type is the iterator returned by [`Error::chain`].
396///
397/// # Example
398///
399/// ```
400/// use anyhow::Error;
401/// use std::io;
402///
403/// pub fn underlying_io_error_kind(error: &Error) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
404/// for cause in error.chain() {
405/// if let Some(io_error) = cause.downcast_ref::<io::Error>() {
406/// return Some(io_error.kind());
407/// }
408/// }
409/// None
410/// }
411/// ```
412#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
413#[derive(Clone)]
414pub struct Chain<'a> {
415 state: crate::chain::ChainState<'a>,
416}
417
418/// `Result<T, Error>`
419///
420/// This is a reasonable return type to use throughout your application but also
421/// for `fn main`; if you do, failures will be printed along with any
422/// [context][Context] and a backtrace if one was captured.
423///
424/// `anyhow::Result` may be used with one *or* two type parameters.
425///
426/// ```rust
427/// use anyhow::Result;
428///
429/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
430/// fn demo1() -> Result<T> {...}
431/// // ^ equivalent to std::result::Result<T, anyhow::Error>
432///
433/// fn demo2() -> Result<T, OtherError> {...}
434/// // ^ equivalent to std::result::Result<T, OtherError>
435/// # };
436/// ```
437///
438/// # Example
439///
440/// ```
441/// # pub trait Deserialize {}
442/// #
443/// # mod serde_json {
444/// # use super::Deserialize;
445/// # use std::io;
446/// #
447/// # pub fn from_str<T: Deserialize>(json: &str) -> io::Result<T> {
448/// # unimplemented!()
449/// # }
450/// # }
451/// #
452/// # #[derive(Debug)]
453/// # struct ClusterMap;
454/// #
455/// # impl Deserialize for ClusterMap {}
456/// #
457/// use anyhow::Result;
458///
459/// fn main() -> Result<()> {
460/// # return Ok(());
461/// let config = std::fs::read_to_string("cluster.json")?;
462/// let map: ClusterMap = serde_json::from_str(&config)?;
463/// println!("cluster info: {:#?}", map);
464/// Ok(())
465/// }
466/// ```
467pub type Result<T, E = Error> = core::result::Result<T, E>;
468
469/// Provides the `context` method for `Result`.
470///
471/// This trait is sealed and cannot be implemented for types outside of
472/// `anyhow`.
473///
474/// <br>
475///
476/// # Example
477///
478/// ```
479/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
480/// use std::fs;
481/// use std::path::PathBuf;
482///
483/// pub struct ImportantThing {
484/// path: PathBuf,
485/// }
486///
487/// impl ImportantThing {
488/// # const IGNORE: &'static str = stringify! {
489/// pub fn detach(&mut self) -> Result<()> {...}
490/// # };
491/// # fn detach(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
492/// # unimplemented!()
493/// # }
494/// }
495///
496/// pub fn do_it(mut it: ImportantThing) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
497/// it.detach().context("Failed to detach the important thing")?;
498///
499/// let path = &it.path;
500/// let content = fs::read(path)
501/// .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read instrs from {}", path.display()))?;
502///
503/// Ok(content)
504/// }
505/// ```
506///
507/// When printed, the outermost context would be printed first and the lower
508/// level underlying causes would be enumerated below.
509///
510/// ```console
511/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
512///
513/// Caused by:
514/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
515/// ```
516///
517/// Refer to the [Display representations] documentation for other forms in
518/// which this context chain can be rendered.
519///
520/// [Display representations]: Error#display-representations
521///
522/// <br>
523///
524/// # Effect on downcasting
525///
526/// After attaching context of type `C` onto an error of type `E`, the resulting
527/// `anyhow::Error` may be downcast to `C` **or** to `E`.
528///
529/// That is, in codebases that rely on downcasting, Anyhow's context supports
530/// both of the following use cases:
531///
532/// - **Attaching context whose type is insignificant onto errors whose type
533/// is used in downcasts.**
534///
535/// In other error libraries whose context is not designed this way, it can
536/// be risky to introduce context to existing code because new context might
537/// break existing working downcasts. In Anyhow, any downcast that worked
538/// before adding context will continue to work after you add a context, so
539/// you should freely add human-readable context to errors wherever it would
540/// be helpful.
541///
542/// ```
543/// # use anyhow::bail;
544/// # use thiserror::Error;
545/// #
546/// # #[derive(Error, Debug)]
547/// # #[error("???")]
548/// # struct SuspiciousError;
549/// #
550/// # fn helper() -> Result<()> {
551/// # bail!(SuspiciousError);
552/// # }
553/// #
554/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
555///
556/// fn do_it() -> Result<()> {
557/// helper().context("Failed to complete the work")?;
558/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
559/// ...
560/// # };
561/// # unreachable!()
562/// }
563///
564/// fn main() {
565/// let err = do_it().unwrap_err();
566/// if let Some(e) = err.downcast_ref::<SuspiciousError>() {
567/// // If helper() returned SuspiciousError, this downcast will
568/// // correctly succeed even with the context in between.
569/// # return;
570/// }
571/// # panic!("expected downcast to succeed");
572/// }
573/// ```
574///
575/// - **Attaching context whose type is used in downcasts onto errors whose
576/// type is insignificant.**
577///
578/// Some codebases prefer to use machine-readable context to categorize
579/// lower level errors in a way that will be actionable to higher levels of
580/// the application.
581///
582/// ```
583/// # use anyhow::bail;
584/// # use thiserror::Error;
585/// #
586/// # #[derive(Error, Debug)]
587/// # #[error("???")]
588/// # struct HelperFailed;
589/// #
590/// # fn helper() -> Result<()> {
591/// # bail!("no such file or directory");
592/// # }
593/// #
594/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
595///
596/// fn do_it() -> Result<()> {
597/// helper().context(HelperFailed)?;
598/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
599/// ...
600/// # };
601/// # unreachable!()
602/// }
603///
604/// fn main() {
605/// let err = do_it().unwrap_err();
606/// if let Some(e) = err.downcast_ref::<HelperFailed>() {
607/// // If helper failed, this downcast will succeed because
608/// // HelperFailed is the context that has been attached to
609/// // that error.
610/// # return;
611/// }
612/// # panic!("expected downcast to succeed");
613/// }
614/// ```
615pub trait Context<T, E>: context::private::Sealed {
616 /// Wrap the error value with additional context.
617 fn context<C>(self, context: C) -> Result<T, Error>
618 where
619 C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static;
620
621 /// Wrap the error value with additional context that is evaluated lazily
622 /// only once an error does occur.
623 fn with_context<C, F>(self, f: F) -> Result<T, Error>
624 where
625 C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
626 F: FnOnce() -> C;
627}
628
629/// Equivalent to Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(value).
630///
631/// This simplifies creation of an anyhow::Result in places where type inference
632/// cannot deduce the `E` type of the result — without needing to write
633/// `Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(value)`.
634///
635/// One might think that `anyhow::Result::Ok(value)` would work in such cases
636/// but it does not.
637///
638/// ```console
639/// error[E0282]: type annotations needed for `std::result::Result<i32, E>`
640/// --> src/main.rs:11:13
641/// |
642/// 11 | let _ = anyhow::Result::Ok(1);
643/// | - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cannot infer type for type parameter `E` declared on the enum `Result`
644/// | |
645/// | consider giving this pattern the explicit type `std::result::Result<i32, E>`, where the type parameter `E` is specified
646/// ```
647#[allow(non_snake_case)]
648pub fn Ok<T>(t: T) -> Result<T> {
649 Result::Ok(t)
650}
651
652// Not public API. Referenced by macro-generated code.
653#[doc(hidden)]
654pub mod __private {
655 use self::not::Bool;
656 use crate::Error;
657 use alloc::fmt;
658 use core::fmt::Arguments;
659
660 #[doc(hidden)]
661 pub use crate::ensure::{BothDebug, NotBothDebug};
662 #[doc(hidden)]
663 pub use alloc::format;
664 #[doc(hidden)]
665 pub use core::result::Result::Err;
666 #[doc(hidden)]
667 pub use core::{concat, format_args, stringify};
668
669 #[doc(hidden)]
670 pub mod kind {
671 #[doc(hidden)]
672 pub use crate::kind::{AdhocKind, TraitKind};
673
674 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
675 #[doc(hidden)]
676 pub use crate::kind::BoxedKind;
677 }
678
679 #[doc(hidden)]
680 #[inline]
681 #[cold]
682 pub fn format_err(args: Arguments) -> Error {
683 #[cfg(anyhow_no_fmt_arguments_as_str)]
684 let fmt_arguments_as_str = None::<&str>;
685 #[cfg(not(anyhow_no_fmt_arguments_as_str))]
686 let fmt_arguments_as_str = args.as_str();
687
688 if let Some(message) = fmt_arguments_as_str {
689 // anyhow!("literal"), can downcast to &'static str
690 Error::msg(message)
691 } else {
692 // anyhow!("interpolate {var}"), can downcast to String
693 Error::msg(fmt::format(args))
694 }
695 }
696
697 #[doc(hidden)]
698 #[inline]
699 #[cold]
700 #[must_use]
701 pub fn must_use(error: Error) -> Error {
702 error
703 }
704
705 #[doc(hidden)]
706 #[inline]
707 pub fn not(cond: impl Bool) -> bool {
708 cond.not()
709 }
710
711 mod not {
712 #[doc(hidden)]
713 pub trait Bool {
714 fn not(self) -> bool;
715 }
716
717 impl Bool for bool {
718 #[inline]
719 fn not(self) -> bool {
720 !self
721 }
722 }
723
724 impl Bool for &bool {
725 #[inline]
726 fn not(self) -> bool {
727 !*self
728 }
729 }
730 }
731}